Thursday, March 17, 2016

March 16, 2016 (Voice of America) Two
years into a war that has been largely forgotten, Ukraine’s defense minister
says his country still needs lethal assistance to stop further Russian
aggression while the Ukrainian military continues to modernize. General Stepan
Poltorak sat down with VOA recently to discuss the challenges Ukrainian armed
forces face. He said his military has come a long way from the corrupt,
hollowed out force it was in 2014 when he took over as defense chief, but said
it still needs much help as Russia shows no sign of ending its intervention in
the east of his country. VOA Europe Correspondent Luis Ramirez reports from
Kyiv.